Andrew P. Napolitano

Enemies of all mankind: U.S. government’s torture regime

In a federal courtroom at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an American physician hired by the Pentagon testified about the CIA's use of rectal "feeding" tubes on prisoners it detained and tortured.

March 1, 2023

Biden’s reckless, illegal and unconstitutional war in Ukraine

Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitutional and legal requirements that must first be met before war is waged?

February 22, 2023

What is Biden’s goal in Russia-Ukraine war?

Which is more destructive to personal liberty: a government that engages in secret acts of war, or a public and news media that are indifferent to it?

February 15, 2023

Fake money and borrowed time: A political system incapable of living within its means

In December 1776, just five months after the Declaration of Independence had been signed and a year and a half into the Revolutionary War, Thomas Paine sensed desperation throughout the colonies.

February 8, 2023

The legacy of George W. Bush and his torturers

In the days and months following the attacks of 9/11, the government laid the blame for orchestrating the attacks on Osama bin Laden.

February 1, 2023

How local cops get your bank records

This column has recently outlined the specious arguments offered by the feds when they have been caught spying on ordinary Americans.

January 25, 2023

The FBI’s contempt for the Constitution and its continued ‘lawful’ spying

Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction of the "wall" between federal law enforcement and federal spies.

January 18, 2023

Government by experts: All regulations interfere with personal liberty

I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. By worst, I mean least faithful to the Constitution and most destructive of personal liberty.

January 11, 2023

Biden should prohibit all warrantless domestic spying

In the course of an FBI written response to a Freedom of Information Act, the government has yet again acknowledged its antipathy to constitutional provisions that all of its employees have sworn to uphold.

January 4, 2023

America’s rule of brute force: Searching for monsters around the globe

If it is lawful for the U.S. government to enter Mexico and kidnap a Mexican physician, is it lawful for the Chinese government to enter Hawaii and kidnap an American tech executive or politician?

December 28, 2022

What if Christmas is real?

What if Christmas is a core belief in the birth of Jesus Christ, who lived among us and many times offered a freely given promise of eternal life that no believer should reject or apologize for?

December 21, 2022

Americans’ right to be left alone

In his famous dissent in Olmstead v. United States, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in 1928 called the right to be left alone the most comprehensive of rights valued by civilized men.

December 14, 2022

Protecting Ye, Alex Jones and Trump’s freedom of hate speech

Not too long ago, it was considered unfashionable to discuss the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s and '40s in terms of anyone's present-day behavior.

December 7, 2022

American government’s use of private enterprise to do unconstitutional dirty work

Fascism is a governmental system in which the means of economic production and delivery of services are privately owned but government-controlled.

November 30, 2022

Thanksgiving In America, what if?

What if the government's true goal is to perpetuate its own power?

November 23, 2022

FBI deployed unconstitutional ‘zero-click’ Pegasus surveillance software

During the Trump administration, the FBI paid $5 million to an Israeli software company for a license to use its "zero-click" surveillance software called Pegasus.

November 16, 2022

Republicans and the growth of government

As I write this on Election Day, I obviously don't know the outcomes of the U.S. midterm elections.

November 9, 2022

Supreme Court revisits affirmative action at our nation’s universities

Today, nearly all colleges and universities use race as an admissions factor. They believe that they are serving a societal good and advancing the public policy of the United States.

November 2, 2022

George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes

Last week, the government announced that it does not want to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four of his colleagues whom it claims are the remaining conspirators of the attacks on 9/11.

October 26, 2022

Alex Jones and the freedom of speech

The iconic language of the First Amendment can be recited by schoolchildren, yet it is ignored by judges in Connecticut when the speech has been uttered by Alex Jones.

October 19, 2022